Engineers have modeled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could become the first viable way of making the material reusable. The chemical method identified to tackle hard-to-recycle packaging ...

Scientists assessed changes in the gut microbiome of superworms (Zophobas morio) in a new study. The University of Queensland Researchers in Australia have identified enzymes in the gut of certain ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the living world, from microbes to ecosystems. Until today, it was thought that polystyrene would pollute the environment ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Polystyrene foam is still being sold in the state of California despite a ban that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. (Susanne Rust ...

Polystyrene comes in pleasing shapes but where does it end up? (Picture: Getty) Plastics waste is now a waking environmental nightmare that no world leader can afford to ignore. The insane excess of ...

Researchers show that polystyrene, one of the world's most ubiquitous plastics, may degrade in decades or centuries when exposed to sunlight, rather than thousands of years as previously thought. A ...

The use of plastics to produce wood-like products is a familiar part of many component industries. UK car manufacturers may be the only ones left who can boast that, their wood trim is actually made ...

This year marks the 90th anniversary of polystyrene, and while some have argued it’s time for this and other polymers to retire, others envision a greener future for the material. Polystyrene sprang ...

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A polystyrene-munching beetle larvae called a "superworm", can gain weight on an exclusive diet of polystyrene, researchers have found. They hope their findings can pave the way for technology to ...

Strategic Partnership Advances Polystyrene Recycling in Mexico. The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance and the Mexican Plastics ...

Polystyrene degrades much faster than previously thought – breaking down in decades or centuries when exposed to sunlight, a study has found. Scientists had believed that the polluting material, ...